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Description: | A fragment of a lead alloy pilgrims badge in the form of a human face. The edges are all patinated breaks. The face has lentoid eyes, a three dimensional triangular nose, a small pouting mouth (very worn) and curved lines suggesting a beard. The reverse is plain and slightly concave. Pilgrims badges featuring human faces are well known, and feature a variety of saints including St. Giles, St. Peter or St. George. No diagnostic details remain on this fragment to be able to speculate further about its origin, but it is similar to the examples of St Giles on page 236 of Spencer 1998 for example. Compare alsoNARC-7B3E17 and NLM-F3F221. Secular badges showing a human face are also know (eg: SWYOR-CAEB85) but the concave reverse on this example suggests it is more likely to be a pilgrim's badge.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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